Mary Elizabeth “Molly” KirbyAge: 91 years1862–1954
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Kirby
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Kirby
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Holland
- Nickname
- Molly
 Birth | October 19, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | John Walker Holland — View this family February 18, 1883 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Maude Nora Holland May 19, 1884 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Pearl Etta Holland February 18, 1887 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Effie Holland March 25, 1889 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Marvin Edward Holland November 1, 1891 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Ora Leon Holland August 7, 1894 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Ruth Opal Holland May 23, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
 Census | June 22, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Emery Foster — Maude Nora Holland — View this family November 10, 1901 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Basil Kenneth Foster July 18, 1903 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Franklin Pollard — Pearl Etta Holland — View this family 1905 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Wanetta Foster February 15, 1906 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Myrtle Marie Pollard November 15, 1907 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Harold Foster December 17, 1907 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Wanetta Foster November 14, 1908 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ruby Evelyn Foster August 23, 1912 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Martha M Pollard 1913 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Schmitz — Ora Leon Holland — View this family August 30, 1913 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Edward Dane Pollard October 7, 1914 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Infant Foster December 23, 1916 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a granddaughter | Infant Foster January 24, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Dave Foster November 13, 1917 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Dave Foster November 13, 1917 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Loretta Foster June 26, 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster June 26, 1919 (Age 56 years) twin: Loretta Foster
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| Birth of a grandson #12 | Thomas L Pollard July 6, 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Delores K Holland 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Earl May Ransford — Ruth Opal Holland — View this family August 11, 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Leon Foster August 28, 1923 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Walker Holland January 13, 1931 (Age 68 years) |
| Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a daughter | Maude Nora Holland March 30, 1950 (Age 87 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 87 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 83 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | 1954 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery |
| Family with John Walker Holland |
| husband |
John Walker Holland Birth: October 25, 1850 20 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Kirby Birth: October 19, 1862 — Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States Death: 1954 — Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 18, 1883 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Maude Nora Holland Birth: May 19, 1884 33 21 — Phelps, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: March 30, 1950 — Caseyville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Pearl Etta Holland Birth: February 18, 1887 36 24 — Greene, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: September 1978 — Illinois, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Effie Holland Birth: March 25, 1889 38 26 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: January 1, 1994 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years son |
Marvin Edward Holland Birth: November 1, 1891 41 29 — Phelps, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1984 — Christian, Illinois, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ora Leon Holland Birth: August 7, 1894 43 31 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: January 4, 1990 — Farmer City, Dewitt, Illinois, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Ruth Opal Holland Birth: May 23, 1900 49 37 — Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: October 6, 1989 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
| John Walker Holland + Ida Van Dalson |
| husband |
John Walker Holland Birth: October 25, 1850 20 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Ida Van Dalson Birth: Missouri, United States Death: before 1880 |
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Marriage: about 1871 — |
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22 months step-son |
Charles Elmer “Charlie” Holland Birth: October 17, 1872 21 — Illinois, United States Death: October 21, 1930 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
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2 years step-daughter |
Ida Nola Holland Birth: March 3, 1875 24 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: February 24, 1911 — Franklin, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Holland - Household
Foster, Marion, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Holland - Household
Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas F Pollard … - Household
Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
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